Jasper County students tour Boeing

Thirty-one Ridgeland-Hardeeville and Beaufort-Jasper Academy for Career Excellence high school students toured the 265-acre Boeing facility Dec. 10 in North Charleston.

After students were welcomed and received at Boeing, they were able to view the new Dreamliner 787 airplane production line in the final assembly building that opened in June 2011.

Students also toured the Trident Technical College aeronautical studies programs, where they received a presentation on job training certificate courses required for Boeing employment.

Sponsored by the city of Hardeeville, Mayor Bronco Bostick, Beaufort-Jasper ACE and the RHHS guidance department, the students were accompanied by Bostick, school board chair Berty Riley, Priscilla Fraser and Leroy Bentley.

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